Yiching Song

Former Collaborating Researcher

Yiching Song collaborated with UNRISD on the workshop "Gender and Agriculture after Neoliberalism" (2012), contributing a presentation on women’s roles and collective actions in sustainable agricultural development, food security and poverty alleviation in China.
At the time of her collaboration with UNRISD, Song was a senior research fellow in the Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Science. She was also a professor at the College of Humanities and Development, China Agricultural University, and Jilin Agricultural University. She has been appointed as a visiting senior research fellow in the China Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (CCIPA), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science. She has a PhD in rural sociology and rural development from Wageningen University (the Netherlands). . Her research focus on sustainable agricultural and rural development policies in China covering a range of several related areas like agricultural research and extension, biodiversity and related IPR and ABS issues, rural community based development and farmer organization, gender and related social issues etc.